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Process Areas - Documents & Evidences

This page lists the standard documents and evidence maintained across process areas. These artifacts support audits, quality reviews, and compliance activities.

1. Requirement Development Management (RDM)

  • Software Requirements Specification (SRS)
  • Business Requirements Document (BRD)
  • Functional Requirements Specification (FRS)
  • Statement of Work (SoW)
  • Change Request (CR)
  • CR Form and CR Log
  • Design Documents
  • Proof of Concepts (POC)
  • Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM)
  • Requirements Review Records / Minutes of Meeting (MoM)
  • Signoff and Approval Documents / Emails

2. Process Quality Assurance (PQA)

  • Audit Plan
  • Audit Reports
  • Non-Conformance Reports (NCR)
  • Audit Checklist

3. Peer Review (PR)

  • Review Plan
  • Review Defect Sheet (or tool such as Jira)
  • Analysis of Peer Review Data and Action Plan

4. Verification and Validation (VV)

  • Review Plan
  • Test Plan (Modified / Updated to current version)
  • Analysis of Review Defect Sheet (recorded in Jira)
  • Traceability Matrix Report
  • Test Reports (Jira)

5. Technical Solution (TS)

  • Software Requirements Specification (SRS)
  • High-Level Design (HLD)
  • Low-Level Design (LLD)
  • Architecture Design Documents
  • Issue Log (maintained in Jira)
  • Coding Standards / Design Guidelines
  • Decision Analysis and Resolution (DAR) Report

6. Product Integration (PI)

  • Delivery Note
  • User Documentation
  • Help / Guideline Documents
  • Integration Strategy Document
  • Product Integration Plan
  • API Documentation
  • Unit Test (UT) Results for each testing module (recorded in Jira)
  • Execution Results of Integration Testing
  • Unit Test Plan / Test Cases
  • SRS and FRS

7. Estimating (EST)

  • Scope Statement (in SRS / FRS / Project Plan)
  • Estimation Documents
  • Milestones / Release Plan
  • Estimation Records

8. Planning (PLAN)

  • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Project Charter
  • Reviewed and Approved Project Plan
  • Budget Sheet
  • Release Plan
  • Risk Management Plan
  • Test Plan

9. Monitor and Control (MC)

  • Issue Log (maintained in Jira)
  • Sprint Report
  • Risk Register (Document / Jira)
  • Release Checklist

10. Configuration Management (CM)

  • Updated Project Plan
  • Updated Configuration Management (CM) Plan
  • Configurable Item List
  • Updated Baseline Registry and History Information

11. Process Change Management (PCM)

  • Process Improvement Plan
  • Audit Reports / Non-Conformance Reports
  • SWOT Analysis Reports
  • Decision Analysis and Resolution (DAR) Reports

12. Managing Performance and Measurement (MPM)

  • Estimation Metrics Reports
  • Planned vs Actual Report
  • Monthly Resource Plan Reports

Note: Jira is used as the primary tool for issue tracking, defect management, sprint tracking, and test execution evidence wherever applicable.